. The Granite monthly : a magazine of literature, history and state progress. tivelyPeak. Weltons Falls, North Alexandria. as Xorth Peak and SouthA deep ravine extends up the eastern side of the mountain,separating Cardigan Dome fromNorth Peak. The western slope of MountCardigan, below the ledges, isa series of broad terraces, andthe granite crests on each sideof Cardigan Dome do not standout prominently. From a pointon Canaan meadows, near thefair grounds, snow may usuallybe seen on Moosilauke and Car-digan several weeks earlier thanit appears in the valleys. Thereare two paths to the summitf
. The Granite monthly : a magazine of literature, history and state progress. tivelyPeak. Weltons Falls, North Alexandria. as Xorth Peak and SouthA deep ravine extends up the eastern side of the mountain,separating Cardigan Dome fromNorth Peak. The western slope of MountCardigan, below the ledges, isa series of broad terraces, andthe granite crests on each sideof Cardigan Dome do not standout prominently. From a pointon Canaan meadows, near thefair grounds, snow may usuallybe seen on Moosilauke and Car-digan several weeks earlier thanit appears in the valleys. Thereare two paths to the summitfrom the eastern side. A newpath from the Groton and .* Orange road now leads up the northern slope to the summit of North Peak. Cardigan cave, 4 a cavity about thirty feet long, H twenty feet wide, and ten feethigh, is situated near this short distance from it, there is a natural bridge across a hours climb by the path lead- -. TWO NEW HAMPSHIRE MOUNTAINS. 3* ing from the Mountain House, onthe western slope, up through theforest and over the ledges, is not asevere one, and ladies ascend to thesummit on horseback. Just beforethe path leads out on to theledges, it passes among thetrees of a dead forest, the life-less relics of the great confla-gration of 1S55. Near the point where thepath turns sharply to the left,half way to the summit, thereis a mineral spring. Theledges on the north and westsides of the mountain/ havebeen rounded and polished be-long glacial action. , The up-per slopes are a compact massof rock, crossed by broad veinsof white quartz, which glis-ten like snow in the has had little action up-on the summits. Near the summit of Cardi-gan Dome, on the east, andin the lee of a jutting crag,may be seen the charred tracesof many a camp-fire, indicatingthe spot where parties havecamped over night to see thesun rise. Near this point is a bareprecipice more than one thousandfeet deep. M
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